My last day in Florence...

I woke up early this morning (a shock, I know) but I wanted to go back to the Uffizi, so I thought it would be best if I got there early. Lots of other people had that same idea though. I had to wait about 45 minutes to get in, which I guess isn't all that bad. I could have reserved a ticket, but I'm cheap and didn't want to pay the extra fee. But, it was nice to go back when I wasn't sick, and I enjoyed it much more this time. I noticed this funny detail in one painting--this is "Madonna with the long neck" which is the quintessential Mannerist painting in any art history 101 class, but I had never noticed this funny, unfinished little man in the corner: After the Uffizi, I went back to the best little panini counter I found the other day and got a fabulous vegetable panino. Then I wandered around town a bit. Since I've walked the whole town so much and there wasn't much I still needed to see, I decided to take the bus up to the hills to see Fiesole. When my class went, we just did library stuff and didn't actually see the town. First, I followed some signs to see some Etruscan tombs. Just a bunch of stones, basically, but they predate the Romans, so that's kinda cool.
Then I thought about going to the Roman archeology park and museum, but since I've seen it before I didn't want to pay for it. So then I went to the Duomo, which was a nice Romanesque style church. Then, I realized there wasn't much else to do in Fiesole, so I might as well go see the Roman ruins.
The amphitheater:

There were these two old ladies with this little boy in the park too--the old ladies talked constantly. Their voices carried all over, so I could hear them, no matter where they were, the whole time I was in the park:

Baby olives:
Then I decided I should go find some hilltop views.
I decided I might as well stick around for dinner, but it was still too early for that, so I went to the other side of town and climbed up the streets to see the views from that side. This wouldn't be a bad place to live, would it:
Local fauna:
I had dinner, and then I thought it would be fun to go back up to the viewpoint to watch sunset over the city. But, it was really windy and I got really cold, so I couldn't wait for the sun to completely set.

Tomorrow, I'll take the train to Milan and spend the afternoon there. Hopefully I'll have wifi at my hotel and can post more pictures--if not I'll post from home in a few days. On Monday, I take a few flights to get back home.